Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Didi Benami
AIM17
Azlan & The Typewriter
Faizal Tahir - Bencinta
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Top 10
Siobhan Magnus - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36970
Casey James - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36978
Michael Lynche - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36983
Didi Benami - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36990
Tim Urban - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37003
Andrew Garcia - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37007
Katie Stevens - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37016
Lee Dewyze - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37025
Crystal Bowersox - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37033
Aaron Kelly - http://www.rickey.org/?p=37040
Box Office
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-to-Train-Your-Dragon-apf-1131908492.html?x=0&.v=1
However, Clash of the Titans might end Dragon's run at the top of the box-office... but you'll never know right?
The original movie, saw this on Saturday... the effects are pretty bad by today's standards so cannot wait to see the remake on Thursday... Pavilion anyone?
Sam Worthington in another epic movie...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
This Town
Synopsis: In this once glamourous town inhabited by socialites, tycoons, playboys, playgirls and supermodels, it is now a cess pool filled with snake oil salesmen, disgruntled messiahs, puppets, sycophants, plastic baggers, freaks and weirdos... However, this town is also home to the untamable force known as the Cru Cru Crew. Their boss, Tom Bastion, has big plans which include hiring the lot of them to run his hotel and casino. Ingenious plan or madman's folly - only time will tell... Follow the trials and tribulations of this notorious band of bedlamites and psychosocialists as they wreak havoc through the streets of... THIS TOWN.This new animation series comes to us from the creatively warped minds of the Rapid Binturong crew.
It's kinda like stop motion animation ala Wallace & Gromit or The Corpse Bride but This Town is in 2D and like the synopsis says, this series is about this bunch of ragtag people working for the hotel.
There is only 3 episodes released for now:
Episode 1: The hotel manager, Iceberg, and the hotel moneyman, Voodoo Bob, are summoned to the office of the enigmatic Mr. Bastion. They have no clue why and so begin to speculate on their journey up there, while learning some horrible truths about events past.
Episode 2: Still upset over Bastion's orders, Voodoo and Iceberg head to the hotel's bar to drown their sorrows. Meanwhile, Louisiana is pillaging the bar, searching for rum. All havoc ensues when a female customer arrives and orders a drink...
Episode 3: Iceberg and Arnalda discuss who'd be more suitable to take the fall should anything go wrong at the Bastion Hotel. One by one they go through the list of the Hotel's employees in order to find the pseudo "boss" Iceberg so desperately needs.They had a rough start but there's plenty of potential, which is to their benefit since this is a series AKA they have room to improve. Although, there's plenty of cuss words in the dialogue. So if you're not a Tarantino fan, you might wanna brace yourself...
Friday, March 26, 2010
Ekspresi
‘Dari Delhi Ke Syononto’ is a monologue (theater) written and directed by Roslee Mansor tells you the story of Dewi a girl from Delhi India, who drowned due to a sinking ship and was brought to the shores of Peninsular Malaysia. This story was set before Malaysia’s independence and Dewi’s mind was always on her dad’s last wishes of finding Syononto, the supposedly final destination of their journey. Dewi, a street dancer exploits dance as her means of expressing her frustrations, anger and sorrow.
‘Gejolak’ , an experimental dance performance, choreographed by A Sam Palal, has 4 segments which represents a variety of emotions:
- A disturbed woman for being ditched by her loved ones and being left alone
- Issues of mother earth approaching extinction
- Love Triangle
- A bird who faces challenges in life
Jezzriq Eddie Kismilardy acts as Musical Director cum arranger for his contemporary music segment entitled ‘Emotions’. This piece expresses the feelings of joy, sorrow, anger, disappointment, and sufferings towards the thing and people that we love.
Among the songs that will be showcased are: ‘Glasgow’ (rock), ‘Hijau’ (world Music) and ‘I’m Yours’ in reggae. This piece will be performed by 5 musicians.
I enjoyed the performances. The best bit was in the dance segment. The love triangle. Artsy and moving. :)
Of course I like the musical act (the vocalist's err... vocal performance was superb) as well as the monologue (such stage presence), although I really did not like the part where some members of the audience talking. I thought this was exclusive for movies but apparently for theater as well. Sigh...
The performers...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Top 11
Lee Dewyze - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36410
Paige Miles - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36415
Tim Urban - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36421
Aaron Kelly - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36426
Crystal Bowersox - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36433
Michael Lynche - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36436
Andrew Garcia - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36448
Katie Stevens - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36453
Casey James - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36459
Didi Benami - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36465
Siobhan Magnus - http://www.rickey.org/?p=36471
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Movie News
First up, DC and Marvel are duking it out over who can make the most comic book-into-movie adaptations...
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-chris-evans-wins-captain-america.htmlAnd finally, another entry in the superhero genre on TV...
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv.tvguide.com/tv.tvguide.com-three-inches-underachieving-superheroes-fly-syfy
Monday, March 22, 2010
Trailer - Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans opens 1st April...
the characters/creatures are similar to the ones in Percy Jackson no?
Trailer Addict
Friday, March 19, 2010
Dragon
'How To Train Your Dragon' is a Dreamworks release, set in the world of vikings and of course, Dragons, adapted from the book by Cressida Cowell.
There's so many types of dragons in this movie. The central dragon is called the Night Fury, a dark dragon whose main abilities are stealth flight and also highly concentrated fireballs.
The main human character is called Hiccup, a scrawny little kid, who is also the town leader's son.
The island the Vikings live in is constantly under siege by dragons and they'd fly off with the livestock.
During one of the sieges, Hiccup unleashes a weapon he made, which lets loose bolas to snag the dragon mid-flight.
However, when Hiccup manages to track down the dragon, he could not kill. He lets the dragon, the Night Fury, go. Thus a friendship between them begins and Hiccup realizes the dragons are not actually their enemies.
Unfortunately, the other humans on the island still needed to be convinced.It's a fairly decent outing from Dreamworks. Not anywhere near the quality of Pixar's outings though but it made for a good fun watch. The dragons are made into fun and cute creatures and watch out for a very funny performance by one of the village's livestock. :)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Ninebreakers
It tells the story of Guido Contini, an Italian director whose facing a midlife crisis and writer's block. He needs to come up with a script for a movie that's shooting in a couple of weeks but he got nothing.
So he turns to the women in his life for inspiration: his mother, his wife, his mistress and his muse. Other women who have a hand in his life include his colleague, a journalist and a hooker from his childhood.
The truly standout performances came from:
Marion Cotillard as Luisa Contini, the long suffering wife ...
and Penelope Cruz as the mistress...
This movie opens tomorrow... I've seen it on DVD already coz I love vampires. And the cast intrigued me. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.
The movie itself is not that bad. The pacing is a bit slow and there's no real danger posed from either the vampire camp or the human camp. Not even from the Primals. So you don't really have a sense of who's the bad guy. Of course we can tell vampires are bad but in a world where vampires are outliving humans, vampires are now the humans yes?
Top 12
Top 12 is singing Rolling Stones... http://www.rickey.org/?p=35596
In the Making
The first one is about Dracula... "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" is named after the ship that carried Dracula from Transylvania to London in Bram Stoker's classic tale. In that novel, it washes up on the shores of England with one raving mad survivor.
The other one is about Abraham Lincoln...the Vampire Hunter... based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Review: Under the Mountain
Under the Mountain is underwhelming. The first truly disappointing movie that I've watched in 2010. Oh, wait, I saw Lu Pikirlah Sendiri in 2010 as well. Boy, do I wish I could get back my afternoon...
I am a massive fan of the supernatural/fantasy genre... especially if there's a horror twist to it... like Lord of the Rings, Spiderwick, Harry Potter, Eragon, Golden Compass etc...
First saw the trailer for this movie when I was watching The Wolfman... I was so excited to go see it... for a number of reasons...
1) Fire wielding twins
2) Some sort of zombie creature as the villains
3) Volcanoes
Who would not want to watch this right? Okay, maybe some people won't want to but I was looking forward to it...
So when this movie was released, I went to Pavilion to go see it. With a colleague...
THE GOOD
1) The storyline... fireraisers, Wilberforces, Gargantuas, Twin-ness... nice touch...
2) The actors that play the twins and the comic relief cousin...
3) Luscious views of New Zealand
THE BAD
1) The storyline... a bit draggy and forced at times...
2) Sam Neill has the same look on his face throughout the movie... (maybe he's thinking "What the hell am I doing in this movie?")
3) The villains are lame
4) Not enough fighting... and definitely no big battle at the end before the heroes emerge victorious...
The movie itself is not a bad production but the bad points dragged its level of enjoyment down quite a lot. I think it would have worked better as a TV movie. Or a miniseries. Yes, miniseries where they can expand on a lot of things and have the twins battle it out more or even have the Gargantua rise or something.
But I think we're spoilt for choices already in this day and age so Under The Mountain seemed tame compared to all those other movies.
I do think if they were to make it more fight-y and less kiddy, the movie would have improved leaps and bounds and would have satisfied the supernatural buff within. :)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
AI AF
The final eliminations before the top 12... http://www.rickey.org/?p=35095I, for one, am shocked! One of my faves was eliminated... :(
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Top 16 Boys
Lee Dewyze - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34986
Alex Lambert - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34993
Tim Urban - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34998
Andrew Garcia - http://www.rickey.org/?p=35003
Casey James - http://www.rickey.org/?p=35008
Aaron Kelly - http://www.rickey.org/?p=35013
Todrick Hall - http://www.rickey.org/?p=35018
Michael Lynche - http://www.rickey.org/?p=35023
Corey Haim Dead At 38
Actor Corey Haim has died at a Burbank hospital.Wednesday morning, the 38-year-old "Lost Boys" actor died of "still to be determined causes" and an autopsy has been scheduled.
Haim is believed to have died from a drug overdose, likely the result of an accident. Haim had a life-long battle with substance abuse.
Haim became known in films such as "Lucas" (1986), "License To Drive" (1988), and "The Lost Boy's" (1987) and had a number of projects scheduled through 2010.
His last major project was a reunion show with former cohort Corey Feldman in "The Two Coreys" where Haim's drug problem was obvious.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
American Idol Top 16
Lilly Scott - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34863
Crystal Bowersox - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34858
Paige Miles - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34852
Didi Benami - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34846
Katelyn Epperly - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34838
Lacey Brown - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34828
Siobhan Magnus - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34820
Katie Stevens - http://www.rickey.org/?p=34815
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sandra's Speech
Now the awards season is truly over... just one last thing before I wrap up the awards coverage... Sandra Bullock's acceptance speech for her Best Actress Oscar... very nice... touching and funny... :)
And also, her Razzie acceptance speech... :)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Oscar Update 5
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)
